Amend CSSB 1336 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  AMENDMENT TO WATER CODE. Section 36.0151(f), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(f)  Before September 1, 2021 [2015], the commission may not create a groundwater conservation district under this section in a county:

(1)  in which the annual amount of surface water used is more than 50 times the annual amount of groundwater produced;

(2)  that is located in a priority groundwater management area; and

(3)  that has a population greater than 2.3 million.